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Analysis Code for High Altitude Balloons - FedOA - Università degli ...

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M Mass of balloon film [kg]<br />

film<br />

M Mass of balloon gas [kg]<br />

gas<br />

M Mass of payload [kg]<br />

load<br />

M Total ballast [kg]<br />

ballast<br />

MW air<br />

Molecular weight of dry Air: 28.9644 [g/mol]<br />

MW Molecular weight of lifting gas: Helium: 4.002602 [g/mol]<br />

gas<br />

p Ambient pressure [Pa]<br />

air<br />

p Air pressure at sea level [Pa]<br />

0<br />

p gas<br />

Lifting Gas (Helium) pressure [Pa]<br />

PRORA Programma Nazionale Ricerca Aerospaziale<br />

q Diffuse planetary albedo flux [W/m<br />

Albedo<br />

2 ]<br />

q Direct solar flux [W/m<br />

Sun<br />

2 ]<br />

q Diffuse planetary longwave flux (Earth) [W/m<br />

IREarth<br />

2 ]<br />

R Mean orbital radius [AU]<br />

AU<br />

R Earth radius [m]<br />

Earth<br />

R Specific gas constant of Air (287.05 J/kg/K)<br />

air<br />

vi<br />

Nomenclature<br />

R gas<br />

Specific gas constant of the lifting gas (<strong>for</strong> Helium: 2078.5 J/kg/K)<br />

Re Reynolds Number<br />

ρ Air density [kg/m<br />

air<br />

3 ]<br />

ρ gas<br />

Lifting Gas (Helium) density [kg/m 3 ]<br />

RLV Reusable Launch Vehicle<br />

RoC Rate of Climb [m/s]<br />

SANBA System <strong>for</strong> Augmented Navigation <strong>for</strong> BAlloon Missions<br />

SINBAD Scientific Balloon <strong>Analysis</strong> Model<br />

T Air Temperature [K]<br />

air<br />

T Balloon film bulk temperature [K]<br />

film<br />

T gas<br />

Lifting Gas (Helium) Temperature [K]<br />

USV Unmanned Space Vehicle<br />

UT Universal Time<br />

V x y,<br />

z<br />

, Inertial velocity components [m/s]<br />

V wind x<br />

Wind velocity components [m/s]<br />

Volume Balloon volume [m 3 ]<br />

Volume Maximum design volume of the balloon [m<br />

Design<br />

3 ]<br />

Γ Flight-path angle [rad]<br />

σ Stephan-Boltzmann constant, 5.67e-8 [W/m 2 /K 4 ]

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